While im not enthused about my starting point, I realize it could be worse so im taking this set up super seriously and going hard for this comeback.

Most of you know that I was hard on my game with MN4, Megatek and MTG. I grew like crazy for months! Im not really sure why I fell off the wagon at first, but then my moms failing health and later death took over my world. Add to that getting married 2 months after my mom died, and then buying a house and a puppy within 3 months of that, plus raising 2 preteens....can you say CHAOS???

Needless to say, I went from almost MBL to barely APL by my wedding day, and now starting again according to my Fotki, the same place I was when i first came to BHM years ago.

Its all good. Im ready, and ive oriented my husband well to terms like Megatek, Emu, MTG, and have thoroughly explained why I put Monistat on my head. He's good. Confused a little but supportive. LOL

So, whoever else needs some encouragement and nudging to keep on the grow, join me in my new hair journey and lets do it together!

My goal length is Hip Valley...that place just after WL and just before Hip. Thats a way off for me. I dread even checking the shirt measure to see how far I have to go. Im taking baby steps for now. First stop, APL!

I understand you were under a lot of stress, but what do you think was the primary cause of the hair loss? Do you think the ends of your hair got a bit too processed by the touchup? I am assuming you are relaxed and that that is the most likely culprit. I would lean more toward texlaxing, stretch to 3 times per year or less and permit ZERO overlapping of chemical during touchup. In addition, I have become aware that the best results with relaxed hair are with air drying, roller sets, wraps, bunning, braid outs and in general NO HEAT whatsoever, if relaxed. See prettywitty77 on youtube. Aside from that, you might also want to look into getting a kilo of MSM, take3 tbspns of it per day in juice to keep the hair in the growing stage as opposed to the shedding stage.

Best wishes Flwonline, and I pray no one has to experience such a severe setback like you mentioned!

For the look you seem to like in your avatar, roller sets followed by saran wraps and nightly wraps might be your ticket. Prettywitty77 has videos on all 3 on her channel the way she does them to get smooth results with zero heat and stretching relaxers 4-6 months. To do a roller set with that much new growth, you will want to put the hair in about 8 or more tight ponytails and rollerset the ends of each ponytail. Perhaps use gel or edge control on the roots and a brush in the pony tails to stretch out the new growth. Then do the saran wrap after if necessary for further smoothing. Ponytail Roller sets when stretching 4- 6 months. NO HEAT whatsoever if relaxed because you may only pick ONE POISON. If you do pick a poison, ALL other hair techniques MUST be very healthful. So if relaxed or color treated, you throw out your blow dryer and flat iron. If natural, you may use some heat because you have no relaxer and no color. If you have gray and relaxed, you may only use a rinse like Beautiful Browns, henna, or Jazzing. No peroxide colors if relaxed ... ONLY ONE POISON. If you do pick ONE POISON, you must always treat the hair with kid gloves, forever. Also, I see your hair has a reddish tint on the ends. Is that a peroxide color? If so, henna might be a MUCH better alternative.Red palm oil will also give the hair a bit of that tone and is much healthier. In fact, red palm oil is the richest oil that we know of. It is often in African and Asian markets or online.

I
watched you go thru it all and had quite a bit of stress and drama
myself so, I completely understand where you're coming from. On a good
note, your hair is the exact length that mine was when I first started
my hair journey and, you know it grew like crazy. All that to say, you
can do it! You can get back on track and hit your goals just as you did
before. And I'm pretty pumped about that!

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